Reggie Evans makes NBA history

Reggie Evans, he of the 4.0 career scoring average, has made NBA history. According to Yahoo! Sports, the theatrical Brooklyn forward is the first player to be fined under the league’s new flopping initiative.

Having already been warned earlier in the season, Evans will be penalized $5,000 for flailing after a nudge from Metta World Peace in Brooklyn’s loss to the Lakers on Monday.

As you can see in the video clip, it’s not the most egregious offense we’ve ever seen — certainly not compared to any of these. But it was still good enough to earn Evans, a fixture on any list of the league’s worst floppers, a place in history.

And hardly surprising considering Evans was one of subjects in the instructional video distributed by the league office before the start of the season.

The fine is a paltry portion of Evans’ $1.3 million salary. But he might want to be careful. Not only do the financial penalties increase up to $30 grand, offenders are subject to suspensions after the fifth violation.